Introduction

Do you like sports? Have you ever watched a sports program in another language? How would you like to be a sportscaster? In this WebQuest you are going to find out what sports are like Spanish. Almost every sport you can think of is telecast or available through some type of media outlet in Spanish.

 

Task

You are a Sportscaster for a local SPANISH television station. You must find at least five different sporting events in SPANISH and prepare a newscast about each sport. You will use power point to describe the major highlights of the games or matches. You should list the equipment used in each sport as part of the presentation. You should have a minimum of 10 slides and a maximum of 20. Again the entire presentation must be in Spanish. The presentation should last three to five minutes.

 You must include the following:

• All presentations must be in the preterit tense
• The verbs: hacer, poder, tener, ir, and estar in the preterit tense
• Tell who won or lost
• List the equipment used ( bat, ball, helmet, etc..)

 

Process

The Jobs:

All students must participate in all phases of the creation of the Sportscast:

The Newscaster:

You are the presenter. You are still responsible for all other portions of the project. You must help your group in researching and writing all phases of the newscast. You are responsible for the actual on air recorded presentation of your Sportscast. You will be the Sportscaster.

 The Writer:

You are the writer. You are responsible for writing the presentation. You must use your other group members, the other members of the group should tell you what to write. All decisions should be made as a group.

 The Editor\Technical Support:

As the editor you are responsible for the quality of the presentation. Are all words and grammar used correctly? Use the other members of your group for quality control. As the technical support you need to assist the other students in power point. You should be familiar with technology and able to help others in your group. What graphics can you add to make you project look good? Keep it school appropriate.

Links:

Some of the following links are in Spanish and some are in Enlgish.

ESPN Sports: Spanish This site is the official ESPN sports site in Spanish

Sporttec.com A guide to sports scores in Spanish

Yahoo Desportes Yahoo sports in Spanish

http://www.esmas.com/deportes/ National sports in Spanish

http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/baloncesto.html A link to basketball information

http://www.cnnenespanol.com/deportes/ CNN sports in Spanish

http://www.laopinion.com/deportes/ An exellent site for sports scores

http://www.nfl.com/partners/aol?http://www.nfl.com/ A guide to NFL football

http://www.el-mundo.es/diario/deportes/ The world of sports in Spansih

http://espanol.sports.yahoo.com/

http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=4&schid=0 A national television station in Spanish, sports reports

http://www.ambitoweb.com/diario/deportes/index.asp sports reports and opinions

http://www.sportsya.com/ another location for a variety of sports information

http://www.deporteypunto.com.ar/ sports disscusion and results

http://directory.google.com/Top/World/Espa%C3%B1ol/Deportes/Noticias_y_medios/Portales/ A list of links for Spanish sports news

http://www.deportivisimo.com.mx/ An on-line guide to sports

http://www.sportingnews.com/ A national sports magazine

http://cbs.sportsline.com/ CBS sports on-line

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/ BBC reports on sports

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm USA Today Sports

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports/ The Washington Post Sports report

 

 

 

 

Students will have two days to complete the assigned activity. All students will have to practice cooperation and team work in order to be successful. Use all of the above information to your advantage or you may search on your own using a search engine of your choice.

Evaluation

You will be graded by the following rubric. There are four categories by which you will be graded, communication, fluency, organization, and technical ability. The entire presentation will be worth four hundred points.

  

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Communication	Inadequate Excessive errors Not yet successful	Limited use of vocabulary	Somewhat detailed in vocabulary	Varied and detailed
Fluency	Inadequate Lack of ability	Limited ability in speech	Speech that flows smoothly some of the time	Speech that flows smoothly
Organization	Not organized Lacks flow	Limited organization	Somewhat organized	Organized with smooth transitions
Technical Ability	No use of technology	Limited use of technology Meets minimum requirements	Some use of technology some graphics	High abilities in technology

Conclusion

Students through this activity should have expanded their knowledge about sports and how sports are perceived through speaking Spanish. Students should have practiced using vocabulary aligned to Chapter 4 in the "Paso A Paso 2" textbook. Students also reviewed the preterit tense and practiced its uses.

Credits & References

Thank you to all those who love sports and write about them everyday. Also thank you to those who love Spanish and wish to educate others.

http://www.phschool.com/atschool/paso/Paso1/Student_Area/Paso1_S_BK_index.html

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/

www.sfgate.com/sports/ college

www.recsports.umn.edu/ programs/

www.gcc.edu/sports/

http://webquest.sdsu.edu

 www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/ 2000/12.14/sports.html

www.wonderquest.com/ mito-orbit-ekg.htm

www.lmranch.com/lmr_content/summer/ flyfishing/fishing.htm

www.howstuffworks.com/ hsw-tv.htm

www.sportspsychology.co.uk/ nvusopen.htm

www.uwmc.uwc.edu/athletics/ Default.htm

www.theharbinger.org/xvii/ 990119/culture.html

www.sfgate.com/sports/ college/

www.cs.dartmouth.edu/whites/ photos/running.jpg

www.aux.mtu.edu/phys-ed/ graphics/hockey.jpg

www.formulasports.com/ winter.htm

www.vanderbilt.edu/facts.html

www.cwru.edu/pubaff/univcomm/ 2002/10-02/football.htm